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A Many-Splendored Thing: Kantha Technique and Design
Anne Peranteau
Description: Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz...
Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection and the Stella Kramrisch Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
The name kantha may be applied to a range of Bengali textiles that display a variety of techniques, functions, and designs. Some are plain while others are extensively embroidered. The most humble and utilitarian of these layered and quilted...
Author
Anne Peranteau
PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art
Copyright© 2009 Philadelphia Museum of Art
Related print edition pages: pp.139-154
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00323.6
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22917
Chapter subject tags:KanthasBengali textile fabricsEmbroidery--PatternsUpcycling (Waste, etc.)